Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Reps Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Patient Matching and Transparency in Certified Health IT (MATCH IT) Act of 2024 , which would standardize the way demographic information is entered into certified health IT products and ensure more precise patient matches.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 20, 2023

Healthcare organizations are only using 57% of their data to drive decision-making , according to a survey from Arcadia. Only 45% of consumers are fully satisfied with their health insurance , according to a survey from HealthEdge, and 40% blame insurers for the high cost of care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 14, 2023

As someone who has covered the health IT industry for 17 years, I’m always fascinated when I see something really grab the attention of the health IT community. Certainly AI us currently doing that in health IT, but in the world of interoperability TEFCA and QHINs are grabbing all of the attention.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 5, 2023

A survey from Nest Collaborative concluded that parents prefer virtual care for lactation services , with 64% of survey respondents using telehealth (either on its own or in conjunction with in-person visits) compared to 37% who exclusively used in-person services. Analytics company Reveleer updated its risk adjustment product.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 17, 2023

At HIMSS, John tuned into a TEFCA panel headlined by CommonWell, Epic, Health Gorilla, and MEDITECH. The main takeaway: Exchanging healthcare data is going to include multiple layers of policy and technology , not just TEFCA but also FHIR, HIEs, Direct Messages, APIs, and much more. Healthcare needs to treat data as a strategic asset.

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